How Conservative is Princeton

PtonGrad2000
Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:08:45 +0000

Here are some recent poll resulted conducted on different campuses in the Ivy League. The polls were taken at different times using different methodologies and all have a margin of error so small differences are meaningless. A quick review of these will show that there isn’t much difference among the campus political cultures. All lean toward the liberal side.



Princeton

[Majority of University community states support for Obama, according to poll - The Daily Princetonian](http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/11/04/21969/)

79.3% supported Obama
15.6% supported McCain
5.1% undecided or other

58.6% identified as Democrats
22.9% identified as Independents
14.9% identified as Republicans

[Faculty gives largely to Obama - The Daily Princetonian](http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/11/04/21968/)

Faculty support heavily in favor of Obama.



Yale

[Yale Daily News - Media Content](http://www.yaledailynews.com/photos/view/12001)
[Yale Daily News - POLL: OBAMA BY A LANDSLIDE](http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26092)

81% = supported Obama
12% = supported McCain
7% = undecided or other



Harvard

[The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Citing Familiar Issues, Students Prefer Obama](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525052)

82% = supported Obama
11% = supported McCain
7% = undecided or other



50% identified as Democrats (described as “just over half”)
27% identified as Independents
<23% identified as Republicans





Penn

[Poll: 81 percent of Penn students prefer Obama | Interactive Feature - News](http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/10/27/News/Poll-81.Percent.Of.Penn.Students.Prefer.Obama.Interactive.Feature-3507617.shtml)

81% = supported Obama
17% = supported McCain
2% = undecided or other

62.2% identified as Democrats
23.6% identified as Independents
14.1% identified as Republicans



Cornell & Dartmouth

Apparently no student polls on the presidential race were conducted but Cornell and Dartmouth (though still heavily liberal) have traditionally been seen as slightly more conservative than the rest of the Ivies.

Cornell

[Campus Poll Shows Student Political Affiliation](http://rso.cornell.edu/progressive/articles.php?id=34)

50.8% identified as Democrats
35.1% identified as Independents
14.1% identified as Republicans



Brown

[86.1 percent of students support Obama, poll finds - Campus News](http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/10/31/CampusNews/86.1-Percent.Of.Students.Support.Obama.Poll.Finds-3518292.shtml)

86.1% = supported Obama
6.3% = supported McCain
7.6% = undecided or other



Columbia

Apparently no student poll was conducted but Columbia, along with Brown has traditionally been seen as the most liberal of the Ivies.